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bowfinned (/ˈbəʊfɪnd/) adj. Of a drinker who has become voracious, freshwater-minded and unexpectedly difficult to remove from the snacks. Aleanah went bowfinned and consumed the bar bowl with the appetite of an ancient fish. bowfishered adj. Describing a drinker who has taken to hunting supper with improvised equipment and questionable aim. Jaydine got bowfishered and tried to spear a pickled onion with a cocktail stick. bowfishermanned adj. Drunk in a way that makes every passing conversation a patient expedition, conducted with a weapon better suited to fish. Consuela spent the reception bowfishermanned, quietly stalking the buffet with a breadstick. bowfishinged adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary social exchanges are approached as aquatic targets requiring ceremonial marksmanship. Gaston became bowfishinged and tried to spear the last sausage with a wooden skewer. bowfoiled adj. The condition of a drinker who deploys a retractable solution before establishing that anything needs solving. Radek got bowfoiled and unfolded a deckchair to negotiate with the coat stand. bowframed adj. Reduced by drink to arranging oneself decoratively around decisions already made by others. Nishaan was bowframed, standing in the doorway as though completing the room's decoration. bowgeted adj. Slowed by drink to the measured pace of someone carrying rations through a medieval household. Escar was bowgeted by breakfast, transporting one piece of toast across the room. bowgied adj. A drinker who has retreated into a makeshift enclosure, preferably containing hay, blankets, or an understanding dog. Lianna was bowgied in the conservatory, wrapped in a coat beside the garden tools. bowgraced (/ˈbaʊɡɹeɪsd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that the furniture requires nautical protection, particularly at the vulnerable front of the sitting room. Jorgedavid went bowgraced and hung a scarf across the sofa to prevent further collisions. bowguarded adj. Drunk on the strength of treating one’s sleeve as a defensive bracer against the consequences of one’s own gestures. Cindal arrived bowguarded, shielding the wrist from an entirely harmless tablecloth. bowgunned adj. Drunk since last orders, and advancing upon minor domestic obstacles with the solemn force of medieval artillery. Keyanah went bowgunned and attacked the umbrella stand with a rolled newspaper. bowgunnered adj. Drunk by the third round, and assuming command of the room as though every chair were a fortified position. Traci became bowgunnered and issued tactical instructions for reaching the lavatory. bowhead whaled adj. Still drunk, and moving through the aftermath with the broad, slow dignity of something that has recently surfaced in Arctic waters. Tanairy was bowhead whaled in the morning, rising from the sofa to inspect the kettle. bowheaded (/ˈbəʊhɛdd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and possessed of a magnificent rounded forehead which has nevertheless become lodged in the coat rack. Sreeram was bowheaded by closing time, resting his brow against the cloakroom wall. bowhuntered adj. Too drunk to distinguish game from household decoration, but still determined to pursue it with quiet concentration. bowhuntinged adj. Having drunk enough to regard the evening meal as wild game and the dining room as a forest. Luk became bowhuntinged and pursued a bread roll beneath the table.